July 9 will mark ten years since the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s wall in the West Bank illegal under international law. The ICJ also ruled that the wall must be torn down, that Israel must pay reparations for the damage caused by its construction, and that the international community should work to ensure Israeli compliance.
None of the above has occurred. Instead, Israel has used the past ten years to complete 70 percent of the more than 700 kilometer long wall. More Palestinians have been boxed in, cut off from their land, work, families and friends, education, and healthcare. Israeli and multinational companies have made millions off of constructing the wall. And shirking its obligations, the international community has stood by the sidelines, letting impunity reign.
Faced with this reality, a large number of Palestinian coalitions and organizations have issued a call for July to be the Month Against the Apartheid Wall. They write, “it is time for a ‘legal intifada’, an intensified popular struggle and more boycotts, divestment and sanctions. It is time for accountability.” The call urges individuals and organizations to raise awareness about the wall, to strengthen or begin BDS campaigns against companies profiting off the wall, and to pressure governments to respect their obligations as outlined in the ICJ decision.
Worldwide, actions are expected to occur in dozens of countries. In the US, the We Divest Coalition has called for a BDS National Day of Action on July 9. And the US Campaign to End the Occupation has encouraged its supporters to “take action against impunity.” Here are other ways to get involved:
Visit and spread the word about the Month Against the Apartheid Wall campaign website: http://icj10.stopthewall.org.
Organize a protest at the local offices of an occupation profiteer or Israeli embassy/consulate.
Join the online Thunderclap.
Find other action ideas here.
Contact the campaign with any ideas or questions.
The Apartheid Wall forms the backbone of Israel’s settler-colonial project in the West Bank. The court has spoken and where governments have failed, it is up to the people to act. Please join others around the world in making this July the Month Against the Apartheid Wall.
Abbas “I don’t like to go to the courts. I don’t like courts. I want to solve my problems directly between the parties.” also Abbas does not want BDS employed against the state of Israel, and security co-operation with Israel is sacred, Tells you everything you need to know about the Palestinian leadership.
The Deputy Defence Minister Danny Danon now advocates additional war crimes already committed by Israel in Palestine, saying on Sunday, Israel should cut off electricity to all Palestinians. http://www.timesofisrael.com/deputy-minister-shut-off-electricy-in-west-bank-gaza/ Article 33 of the Geneva Conventions 1949 say inter alia. “No protected person may be punished for an offence he or she has not personally committed. And Article 50 of the 1907 Hague Regulations says, on Collective Punishment.
“No general penalty, pecuniary or otherwise shall be inflicted upon the population on account of the acts of individuals for which they cannot be regarded as jointly or severally responsible. But Danon cares not for International law, they think they are above it, As far as the UNSC is concerned they are, the US veto sees to that. As for the other legal venues, well Abbas say’s “I don’t like to go to the courts” Unbelievable isn’t it.
Perhaps the Knesset will pass legislation banning all use of the word Apartheid –anywhere and everywhere.
I am sure the subservient Congress and Senate will do as they are told and threaten to cut off aid/funding to any miscreant nations who do not comply.
Strange world we live in.
O/T
“An eminent group of North American legal scholars on Tuesday called on President Barack Obama to commute the sentence of convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard to time served – which would mean his immediate release.
“Such commutation is more than warranted if the ends of justice are to be served, the rule of law respected and simple humanity secured,” the scholars wrote to the president.
The signatories to the letter included Alan Dershowitz, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and former Canadian Minister of Justice and Attorney General Irwin Cotler. ”
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.600933
‘Eminent’? ‘Scholars’?
“He must have some serious cognitive dissonance going on”
You are too kind, jenin.
He’s a celebrity schmuckola. (a schmuck with lots of moola)